Games - Types and Variants of Chess

a two-player strategy board game from China, where players move pieces with different abilities across a board to capture their opponent's pieces and ultimately checkmate their opponent's king

a two-player strategy board game from Japan, similar to chess, where players move pieces with different abilities across a board to capture their opponent's pieces and ultimately checkmate their opponent's king

a two-player strategy board game from Korea, similar to xiangqi and shogi, where players move pieces with different abilities across a board to capture their opponent's pieces and ultimately checkmate their opponent's king

an ancient Indian board game that is believed to be the earliest form of chess

a chess variant where both players race their king to the eighth rank to win the game

a chess variant in which one player, with a larger army of pawns and knights, plays against another player with a regular set of pieces

a chess variant where captured pieces can be reintroduced into play as one's own

a chess variant where the objective is to give the opponent's king three checks, instead of checkmate, to win the game

a variant of chess with faster time controls, where players have limited time to make their moves, typically ranging from a few minutes to a few seconds per move

a two-player strategy board game from Thailand, similar to chess, where players move pieces with different abilities across a board to capture their opponent's pieces and ultimately checkmate their opponent's king

a form of chess play where a player does not look at the board but keeps track of the game in their mind, relying solely on their memory and visualization skills to make moves

a variant of chess played with four players in teams of two, where captured pieces can be passed to a teammate and dropped back onto the board

a chess variant designed to be played by four players on a square board with additional squares and pieces to accommodate the increased number of players

an ancient form of chess that originated in Persia, considered the precursor to modern chess, played on an 8x8 board with different pieces and rules

a variant of the traditional chess game played on a circular board with unique movement patterns for some pieces

a chess variant that introduces new pieces and changes the initial setup of the traditional chess game

a chess variant where capturing a piece causes an "explosion," removing the capturing piece and all adjacent pieces from the board

a chess variant played on a 10x8 board with two extra pawns per player and new pieces called "Janus" that can move like a bishop or a knight

a chess variant where each player's queen is replaced by a chancellor, a piece that moves like both a rook and a knight

a variant of chess played on a hexagonal board, where the movement rules are modified to suit the new board shape, creating a unique and different playing experience from traditional chess on a square board

a large-board variant of chess that uses a 10x10 board and introduces additional pieces and expanded rules, offering new strategic possibilities compared to traditional chess

a traditional chess variant played in Myanmar on a 64-square board with unique pieces and rules distinct from standard chess

a historical chess variant played on a 10x10 board with extra pieces and unique rules, inspired by the historical conqueror Timur